..To assess the effect of the co-occurrence of four common chronic medical conditions (hypertension, diabetes mellitus, arthritis, heart disease) on the probability of receiving adequate depression treatment...

Psychiatric diagnosis in children and adolescents with obesity-related health conditions

..Antidepressant treatment rates were examined by age group and by the class of antidepressant in order to identify whether any observed trends were being driven by a particular age group of patients or class of medication...

The relationship among child weight status, psychosocial functioning, and pediatric health care expenditures in a medicaid population

..The purpose of this study was to assess whether observed disparities in treatment are due to differences in rates of treatment initiation or to differences in the quality of treatment once treatment has been initiated...

Changes in per member per month expenditures after implementation of Florida's Medicaid reform demonstration

..However, little is known about how EHR use relates to physicians' care decisions. Using nationally representative data, we estimated how using practice-based EHRs relates to opioid prescribing in primary care...

..Antidepressants were offered during 18 percent of visits. Mental status examinations were given during 52 percent of visits. Overall, 81 percent of visits were by patients who had health insurance coverage...

Complementary and Alternative Medicine Use for HIV Management in the State of Florida: Medical Monitoring Project

Natalie E Kelso-Chichetto1 Department of Epidemiology, College of Public Health and Health Professions and College of Medicine, University of Florida, Gainesville, FLJ Altern Complement Med 22:880-886. 2016

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Differences in patient ratings of medical home domains among adults with diabetes: comparisons across primary care sites

..Even though practices can achieve the same level of recognition, it is unclear whether all PCMHs deliver care in the same manner and how these differences can be associated with patient ratings of their experience with care...

Physician and patient characteristics associated with clinical inertia in blood pressure control

Christopher A HarleDepartment of Health Services Research, Management and Policy, College of Public Health and Health Professions, University of Florida, Gainesville, FLJ Clin Hypertens (Greenwich) 15:820-4. 2013

..805). Finally, patients with clinical inertia had 2.9 times the odds of uncontrolled hypertension at their final visit in the study period. These findings may aid the design of interventions to reduce clinical inertia. ..

The pivotal impact of center characteristics on survival of candidates listed for deceased donor kidney transplantation